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Valay Saitwadekar

Software Developer

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Education

Masters of Science in Computer Science

California State University Fullerton, United States of America

August 2024 - May 2026

CGPA 3.9/4

Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Engineering with Honors in Cyber Security

Shree L. R. Tiwari College of Engineering, University of Mumbai, India

June 2020 - May 2024

CGPA 9.11/10

Experience

Filtroll International (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Mumbai, India

December 2022 – June 2023

Intern – Software Engineer

  • Implemented inventory management, accounting, and CRM modules within the ERP system to help the business manage inventory levels and track financial transactions more efficiently, along with custom reports, dashboards, and analytics to provide business insights, reducing manual work by 50% and improving inventory management accuracy by 85%.
  • Formed ERP system requirements and specifications document based on meetings with key business stakeholders to understand their needs and planned development of new capabilities aligned with business growth.
  • Designed a relational database schema in MySQL to organize business data for reports and analysis with stored procedures and database triggers to enforce business logic and data integrity.
  • Created user guides and admin manuals to support onboarding new users and documentation for users covering system navigation and module functions and conducted training to help employees adopt the new ERP tools.

Projects

July 2023 - May 2024
  • Launched a website that integrates a CNN model to classify cyclone intensity with 94.5% accuracy using IR(Infrared) images from the MOSDAC website, categorizing cyclones into levels 1 to 5, and providing real-time insights into cyclone severity.
  • Trained a T5 transformer model to generate multilingual safety guidelines and precautionary measures tailored to each cyclone level, enhancing accessibility and improving response strategies for diverse audiences.
  • Integrated OpenWeatherMap API providing additional weather-related information enhancing website’s functionality.
  • Setup Twilio API sending SMS alerts with cyclone intensity and precautionary guidelines, providing timely information to users.
July 2022 - May 2023
  • Developed an Android Application to help people with hearing impairments improve their speaking skills using lip-synced animations and dynamic sound represented in line graphs.
  • Employed GMM – HMM (Hidden Markov Model with Gaussian Mixture Model) to perform Speech Recognition and Waveform Similarity Analysis to identify the accuracy of the words spoken by the user.
December 2022 - December 2022
  • Installed and configured Snort on Kali Linux, modifying its configuration to meet network security needs, and setting up log storage to capture traffic data and monitor real-time network activity.
  • Customized Snort rule configurations to drop malicious ICMP and TCP packets, mitigating unwanted traffic and reinforcing network defenses against reconnaissance and DoS attacks.
  • Executed Nmap scanning from an external machine on the IDS configuration to assess Snort’s performance in identifying and logging irregular traffic, confirming its detection capabilities.

December 2022 - December 2022
  • Simulated UE Nodes equipped with 5G mmWave Antennas and IPv6 interacting with gNB Nodes using MiMo with Beam Forming and TDMA to access internet at 1Gbps Speeds and Low Latency.
  • Operated NS – 3 along with NetAnim and 5G – LENA Modules with NR to visually simulate how the gNB Nodes interact with the UE Nodes to send and receive packets.
  • Visualized and analyzed the antenna design using MATLAB, specifically studying and understanding the modifications made to optimize it for 5G frequency bands and beamforming techniques.
  • Received an Internship Certificate for completing the training and project on 5G.
July 2022 - July 2022
  • Connected a MySQL Database server to an EC2 instance on AWS to run a node.js application.
  • Launched another EC2 instance for NGINX and configured the application to run on this proxy NGINX server.
  • Acquired an Internship Certificate for completing the training and project on AWS.
July 2021 - May 2022
  • Devised an Android Application to provide user-friendly visual password solutions that prioritized optimal security and ease of password entry for individuals with dyslexia, combining visual cues, multi-touch gestures, and customizable features.
  • Built the touch pattern capture and comparison module to record multi-touch gestures accurately on images, enabling intuitive and interactive password creation leveraging gestures such as tapping, swiping, and holding.
  • Innovated a grid overlay on images, serving as a visual guideline for password entry, ensuring accuracy and ease of use.
  • Applied a comparison mechanism to validate entered passwords against stored ones, assuring authentication accuracy.

Coursework

Advanced Algorithm Analysis
Advanced Computer Networking
Application and System Security
Artificial Intelligence
Big Data Analysis
Computer Graphics
Cryptography
Cyber Security and Law
Data Structures
Data Warehouse & Mining
Database Management System
Digital Forensics
Digital Logic & Comp Architecture
Distributed Computing
Ethical Hacking
Internet Programming
Machine Learning
Malware Analysis
Microprocessor
Natural Language Processing
Operating Systems
Operating Systems Design
Security Information Management
Social Media Analytics
Software Design and Architecture
Software Engineering
Software Maintenance
System Programming & Compiler Construction
Theory of Computer Science

Skills

C
C++
Java
LaTeX
Python
R
Kotlin
JavaScript
AWS
Docker
Git
HTML/CSS
MySQL
NodeJS
jQuery
Microsoft Visual Studio
Eclipse
Android Studio
Windows Power Toys
SysInternals
Jira
Figma
Linux
Multitasking
Attention to Detail

Extra Curricular

Research Presentation at RESCON 2024

IIT Bombay Research Park

13th January 2024
  • Qualified for Poster Presentation Round among the top 100+ abstracts in Research Presentation.

Entrepreneurship Cell (E–Cell) SLRTCE

2022 – 2023

Vice President

  • Scored the 26th spot in the National Entrepreneurship Challenge (NEC) 2022 conducted by IIT Bombay out of the 300 participating college across India.
  • Organized seminars and worked with the team to grow the reach to all 7 Engineering departments in the college.

Research Presentation at RESCON 2023

IIT Bombay Research Park

4th February 2023
  • Placed 4th in the Podium Presentation Round, out of the top 100+ abstracts in the Research Presentation.

18th Aavishkar Inter-collegiate/Institute/Department Research Convertion(Zonal Round)

University of Mumbai at Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology, Chembur

15th December 2023
  • Presented DISHA Project.
  • Reached 2nd Round amongst 1000+ participating projects.

Computer Society of India (CSI) Committee SLRTCE

2022 – 2023

Active Member and Volunteer

  • Volunteered as an Active Member of the Computer Society of India (CSI) Committee SLRTCE for 2022-23 promoted and coordinated events like the ChatGPT Challenge and Meta Summit.

17th Aavishkar Inter-collegiate/Institute/Department Research Convertion(Zonal Round)

University of Mumbai at Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College, Chembur

23rd December 2022
  • Presented SIPHI Project.

Computer Engineering Department Newsletter “Velocity”

2021 – 2022

Lead Editor

  • Edited the newsletter showcasing presentation and documentation skills.

Get in Touch

Contact Me

WorkWithValay@Gmail.com